Jamaica Kincaid
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jamaica Kincaid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jamaica |
| FAMILY NAME | Kincaid |
| SIGNATURE | KINCAID J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jamaica Kincaid and the Modernist Project: An Interview
My Garden (Book)
Cultures of Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on a Legal Concept
A Small Place recounts "sitting across from an Englishman" who, as a result of the collapse of the British empire, looked "so sad, sitting on the rubbish heap of history" (30)(31).In likening the historical contribution of the English to the accumulation of trash, Kincaid portrays the past as an accretion of stuff or a reservoir of pollution, rather than something that is simply elapsed and unrecoverable.The metaphorical rubbish of history that t…
From Mr. Potter
And that day, the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, and it shone in its usual way so harshly bright, making even the shadows pale, making even the shadows seek shelter; that day the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, but Mr. Potter did not note this, so accustomed was he to this, the sun in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky; if the sun had not been in its usual …
On Gardening: An Interview with Jamaica Kincaid
Callaloo - Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2002
The Garden the Year Just Passed
In History
Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details, and, if so, when I come across these true and precise details, what should I do, how should I feel, where should I place myself
In History
In History* Jamaica Kincaid (bio) What to call the thing that happened to me and all who look like me? Should I call it history? If so, what should history mean to someone like me? Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details…
En Roseau
En Roseau
An Interview with Jamaica Kincaid
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMAICA KINCAID Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid was interviewed by Kay Bonetti for the American Audio Prose Library in April of 1991 in Bennington, Vermont, where she lives with her husband, composer Allen Shawn, and their two children. Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richarson in 1949 in St. John's Antigua, West Indies, the daughter of a cabinetmaker. At the age of 17, she left Antigua for New York, to work as an au pair…
At the Bottom of the River
From Mr. Potter
And that day, the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, and it shone in its usual way so harshly bright, making even the shadows pale, making even the shadows seek shelter; that day the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, but Mr. Potter did not note this, so accustomed was he to this, the sun in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky; if the sun had not been in its usual …
In History
Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details, and, if so, when I come across these true and precise details, what should I do, how should I feel, where should I place myself
In History
In History* Jamaica Kincaid (bio) What to call the thing that happened to me and all who look like me? Should I call it history? If so, what should history mean to someone like me? Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details…
At the Bottom of the River
An Interview with Jamaica Kincaid
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMAICA KINCAID Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid was interviewed by Kay Bonetti for the American Audio Prose Library in April of 1991 in Bennington, Vermont, where she lives with her husband, composer Allen Shawn, and their two children. Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richarson in 1949 in St. John's Antigua, West Indies, the daughter of a cabinetmaker. At the age of 17, she left Antigua for New York, to work as an au pair…
En Roseau
En Roseau
In History
In History* Jamaica Kincaid (bio) What to call the thing that happened to me and all who look like me? Should I call it history? If so, what should history mean to someone like me? Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details…
In History
Should it be an idea, should it be an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again and again, over and over, or is it a moment that began in 1492 and has come to no end yet? Is it a collection of facts, all true and precise details, and, if so, when I come across these true and precise details, what should I do, how should I feel, where should I place myself
From Mr. Potter
And that day, the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, and it shone in its usual way so harshly bright, making even the shadows pale, making even the shadows seek shelter; that day the sun was in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky, but Mr. Potter did not note this, so accustomed was he to this, the sun in its usual place, up above and in the middle of the sky; if the sun had not been in its usual …
On Gardening: An Interview with Jamaica Kincaid
Callaloo - Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2002
The Garden the Year Just Passed
My Garden (Book)
Cultures of Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on a Legal Concept
A Small Place recounts "sitting across from an Englishman" who, as a result of the collapse of the British empire, looked "so sad, sitting on the rubbish heap of history" (30)(31).In likening the historical contribution of the English to the accumulation of trash, Kincaid portrays the past as an accretion of stuff or a reservoir of pollution, rather than something that is simply elapsed and unrecoverable.The metaphorical rubbish of history that t…
Jamaica Kincaid and the Modernist Project: An Interview
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